Details for: PI 688410, Solanum retroflexum Dunal, 'Sunberry'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Solanum retroflexum Dunal
Cultivar:
'Sunberry'
Origin:
Donated – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
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Seed50 countPI 688410 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Solanum retroflexum Dunal
Cultivar:
'Sunberry'
Origin:
Donated – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
15 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
15 March 2004.
Iowa, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Sunberry'
Type: Cultivar name

1045
Type: Donor identifier

Grif 15946
Type: Site identifier
Group: GRIF
S-9 Research Numbers

Narrative
Sunberry's fruits are blue, slightly sweet and slightly larger than a pea. Historic variety said by its admirers to rival and even surpass Blueberries.
Solanum retroflexum Dunal
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Solanum
Section:
Solanum
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:

404900
Place of publication:

A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1):50. 1852
Verified:
12/02/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum ×burbankii Bitter

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishsunberry  1Schilling, E. E. 1981. Systematics of Solanum sect. Solanum (Solanaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 6:183. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Englishwonderberry  1Schilling, E. E. 1981. Systematics of Solanum sect. Solanum (Solanaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 6:183. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 24 Mar 2004, from Solanum ×burbankii Bitter to Solanum retroflexum Dunal
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Description:
Bred in the early 1900s by Luther Burbank, who called it Sunberry. Renamed Wonderberry by the dealer who purchased and introduced it.